Products + Technology

Acuity Brands’ Olessence luminaires by Peerless offers a high-performance architectural linear suspended lighting solution for commercial and professional office spaces. Olessence luminaires balance OLED and LED lighting technologies to maximize beauty and performance in lighting while optimizing energy savings and cost. Olessence luminaires feature Duet SSL Technology, a design concept that optimizes the performance of [...]

Designed for both residential and commercial applications, Eaton’s Halo® ML4 LED Downlighting System features a housing, LED module and a choice of a field-interchangeable, round or square, 2-inch aperture pinhole trim, available in multiple aperture styles, optical distributions and finishes. The Halo ML4 Downlighting System emits 900 lumens. The round and square trims (TL4 series) [...]

I recently had the opportunity to interview Pamela Price, retail marketing manager, and Aaron Ganick, Head of SMART Home Americas, OSRAM SYLVANIA, for an article I wrote about residential lighting for the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The topic: trends in residential lighting. I’m pleased to share it with you here. DiLouie: What are the [...]

Prudential Lighting’s Stream Series creates an uninterrupted, uniform line of light, now available in multiple configurations ideal for a variety of lens-free “veiled source ambient” architectural applications. Stream Series Square: An uninterrupted line of light that extends as far as the blueprint dictates with veiled LED source and patented WhiteOptics 99% efficient reflector that provides [...]

Cree has extended its OSQ Series Area and Flood LED luminaires with a new OSQ 28L Outdoor Area and Flood LED luminaire. This high-output option delivers up to 28,285 lumens, which enables the replacement of HID luminaires up to 1000W. The OSQ Series blends optical control, advanced thermal management and clean aesthetics to reduce maintenance [...]

Based on a belief solar cells should be integrated with everyday products and surfaces, Ubiquitous Energy has developed the first transparent solar cell. The film can be applied to any surface to generate power. Imagine phones and tablets that can be recharged from light and skyscrapers that can use windows as solar energy sources.

Irish researchers have discovered a new form of light. Light travels in a straight line but also rotates around its axis. It was believed the angular momentum of these photos was a multiple of Planck’s constant, which sets the scale for quantum effects. The researchers theorized certain quantum effects slowed the angular momentum of these [...]

Philips Lighting has expanded its Hue connected lighting offering with Hue white ambiance. These lamps can emit every shade of white light, from cool daylight (6500K) to warm white light (2200K). With the new “Routines” feature in the Philips Hue app, Philips Hue white ambiance can gradually brighten to help users wake up naturally in [...]

GE shows us how it’s done. This video shows off the company’s R&D capabilities. Scientists generated 2 million volts of electricity using a Marx generator. Super capacitors, capable of emitting and absorbing large surges of energy, captured that “lightning” in a bottle. The scientists use the bottle to power an electric car and drive off.